Hi John,
That sounds like a great proposal, brilliant learning possibilities and
history background too
Super
Dave S
On 12/14/2011 9:40 AM, John Dally wrote:
How would the group feel if we changed the present tune/topic/theme
selection process? There must be better ways to make the choice
Thanks for the link -- time in 1h12'ish to 1h33 on the one I played
Dave S
On 11/18/2011 11:44 AM, Di Jevons wrote:
A fiddler friend of mine has sent me a BBC iplayer link to a Radio
Scotland programme Travelling Folk featuring Chris Stout from Fiddlers
Bid.
Also on the same
I agree, and the playing great, I hope it continues to reach new heights
and directions for NSP. As was said, it is a chamber instrument ---
Dave S
On 9/16/2011 2:47 PM, Richard Shuttleworth wrote:
On 16 Sep 2011, at 13:18, Richard Shuttleworth wrote:
Why did I get Rachmaninov
Hi Francis,
well spotted, and well proportioned what !
Dave
On 8/10/2011 1:23 PM, Francis Wood wrote:
You really have to see this. A great demonstration of playing pressure, from
full glory to Pipers' Droop. Especially the ending:
http://youtu.be/fPedwnc5e_s
Francis
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Hi,
does anyone have a pastoral set for sale, if so reply PM
thanks
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d2g2 |e2c2 c2e2 |d2G2 G2AB
|c2E2 E2FG :|
ABcd e2fg |decB ABGF |G3E G2B2 |e2B2 B2e2 |d3A d2e2 |a2e2 e2f2 |g3e g2f2
|e2d2 c2B2 |A2d2 d2fd :|
A2d2 e2fg |a3g gfed |B2G2 GABG |A2D2 D2EF |G2G2 GABc |d6 g2 | e2c2 c2de
|1 d2G2 G2AB |c2B2 A2G2 :|2 dedB GAGE |c2F Fd2G-||G3E G4 |]
ciao
Dave S
To get
Hi -- I have posted the Mad Moll on Northumbrianpipers forum so all
interested can have a look at an early version of the tune.
Quite possibly it is a droneless undefined key tune -- I have no idea
and am not qualified to hazard a quess
Dave
On 8/1/2011 7:37 PM, Matt Seattle wrote:
On
Thanks John, for the correction -- I had assumed and was wrong - sorry
Kevin !
Dave S
On 7/16/2011 12:00 AM, Gibbons, John wrote:
Kevin,
Tom Anderson, who wrote it, explained in an interview in 1970, printed in his
book ''Ringing Strings''
''I was coming out of Eshaness in late January
anyone have vol 2 or later with it in ?
sods to the music moguls - keep music live
Dave
On 7/15/2011 3:57 PM, Francis Wood wrote:
On 15 Jul 2011, at 14:48, Dave S wrote:
The Arethusa is from a musical farce called Lock and Key and in the British
Minstrelsy the melody is assigned to Shield
from the last couple of mail it's a critiques slam dunk
Dave
H . . . Dunk and disorderly.
Francis
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Hi,
It's probably a lighthouse on a promontary called Da Slockit in the
Shetland Islands -- super tune on NSP.
Tom Anderson wrote some superb melodies for violin --- and the Kielder
is a village and a river
Dave S
On 7/15/2011 10:43 PM, Kevin wrote:
Hello to All,
i have just had a question
Etymology+Origin of rant (verb)
1598, from Du. randten talk foolishly, rave, of unknown origin (cf.
Ger. rantzen to frolic, spring about). The noun is first attested
1649, from the verb. Ranters antinomian sect which arose in England
c.1645 is attested from 1651; applied 1823 to early
nah Tim, propa poms
Dave
On 6/21/2011 3:54 PM, Tim Rolls wrote:
Popapoms would be the Australian version then?
Tim
On 21 Jun 2011, at 14:44, Dave S wrote:
Colin, that would be popapoms then, er, hope there are no cheerleaders affronted
Dave
On 6/21/2011 3:31 PM, cwhill wrote:
So popadoms
-- fabulous
Dave S
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oops --- creating having problems with seing at the moment
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Hi Ian -- I think there are some books by Derek Hobbs on the NSP site
cheers
Dave S
On 6/18/2011 6:59 PM, Ian Lawther wrote:
I know there have been some books published in the past that include
tune arrangements for Northumbrian pipes and other instruments though
as someone who is normally
, 2011 10:15 AM
To: 'Dave S'; Inky- Adrian
Cc: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject:RE: [NSP] Re: The Dartmouth Competitions
Please define can ;-)
This CAN of worms just lost it's lid
Anthony, CAN you play the NSPs
Love it -- copulating skeletons eh bien 'enri c'est formidable
Thanks for that Barry
cheers
Dave S
On 6/17/2011 10:44 PM, barr...@nspipes.co.uk wrote:
Quoting Francis Wood oatenp...@googlemail.com:
Ah. harpsichord duets. The sound of skeletons copulating on a
corrugated tin roof
Thanks Francis, ---
Original Message
Subject: Re: [NSP] divorce
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:16:16 +0200
From: Dave S [1]david...@pt.lu
To: Francis Wood [2]oatenp...@googlemail.com
Hi Francis,
I concur with all of your points, it's not bad at all
Hi Inky,
-- glad you keep one eye open and nope I can't play proper - I don't
have the wrapper of the tradition anywhere near - so I don't even bother
with any form of competition, I just like great instruments.
Dave S
On 6/16/2011 8:08 PM, Inky- Adrian wrote:
The annual smallpipe Bitch
Just checking my send connection
Dave S
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fairly large abc's -- excellent for practise as it has a
metronome
Try it out --
enjoy
Dave S
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Hi John,
I agree wholeheartedly -- I can't think of a more wondrous thing than
pipes played with emotion and soul -- if they are in tune that is ---
Dave S
On 5/23/2011 6:52 PM, John Dally wrote:
Melodeon.net is a remarkably interesting and helpful resource if you're
a box player
Hi Philip,
This is another idea -- the bottom keys ( D - Eb I think) allow choice
of finger -
regards
Dave S
On 5/5/2011 11:10 AM, Philip Gruar wrote:
a.d.s wrote
Clough played in A maj and C maj. The arrangement of the Clough
arrangement of key's was C low at the left side and B
I would recommend Uwe Seitz who lives near HeilBrunn in Germany, his set
are A440 F so one can play at concert pitch with a consort/ensemble/ etc
and push a bit for F+
Dave Singleton
On 3/23/2011 3:35 PM, John Dally wrote:
You want us to recommend a maker? ha, ha, ha.
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011
therefore set up for A=440( as close as is possible) and like the way it
sounds.
As for re-reeded pipes that get modded at the top end -- that would be a
staple conicity variation, thus not just the old reed that was in it, it
has to be the original makers staple --
Dave S
On 2/9/2011 7:17 PM
Hi Ian,
Check out Shotley Sword-makers - it may have be a link to the spa
and the German sword makers who emigrated in the time of King William
Tschüss
Dave s
On 2/1/2011 5:09 AM, Ian Lawther wrote:
I've just noticed a tune called German Spa in Bewick and wondered
their drone reeds to the pressure they like to use to have
their chanter ring true
Dave S
On 1/11/2011 1:40 PM, Colin and Cheryl McNaught wrote:
Following on from these sage comments, does anyone have ideas about
what causes some drones to be significantly more pressure sensitive
the pipes
express his wishes.
Thanks (we have winter here as well!)
Dave S
On 12/6/2010 2:14 AM, inky-adrian wrote:
Hello all
this instrument does not lack ability, it lacks players who can't play
in the correct method; not many can do that. Expression is emphasised
in precision. I'm
Hi Richard,
[1]http://books.google.lu/books?id=VoQXAQAAIAAJprintsec=frontcoverdq=
%22essays+in+musicology%22source=blots=ITEFvN0Hiisig=iIvdnoOEE_CRl_u
bQ_wRLOiSuyQhl=enei=cRD4TOSQMY2dOrX-kbkIsa=Xoi=book_resultct=resul
tresnum=1ved=0CBEQ6AEwAA#v=onepageqf=false
The link is on
Francis, many thanks for the tip -- I don't often get to see the radio
times !!
Dave Singleton
On 11/23/2010 9:57 AM, Francis Wood wrote:
BBC Radio 7 is broadcasting 'The Secret History of Bagpipes' at 14.30 today
Described as 'Tom Morton investigates Pipes and Politics', this item
bill, i programmed it on satellite at 15:30 european time -bbc r7
ciao
dave
On 11/23/2010 2:18 PM, Bill wrote:
Bill . . . are you looking at the correct schedule? This is on BBC Radio 7,
not Radio Scotland
Francis, My first message quotes the url for BBC Radio7 schedules for
Hello all,
Can some kind person pass on a more meaningful, corrected text for the
Chantry to Ann -- or is this the level that passes for English in
todays' world.
extracted home page text follows:-
*
Housed in Morpeth's medieval Chantry buildings since 1987, the Bagpipe
Museum his home to a
Hi,
Does anyone have a list of the open tunes and the year they were used
for competition (where) going back 50 years ?
I asked Julia maybe 15 years ago but she didn't have time to follow up
on it.
She mentioned that she had some in abc so if they exist I would most
appreciate it
Dave
there it would be mighty appreciated
Dave
Julia Say wrote:
On 5 Apr 2010, Dave S wrote:
Does anyone have a list of the open tunes and the year they were used
for competition (where) going back 50 years ?
Dave:
Do you mean the set tunes - ones which were compulsory for every
Sorry missed me B didn I
Dave S wrote:
Hi,
arry mentioned between the nut and the bridge OK but if the nut gets
tight does the pitch go up or down?
ciao
Dave
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Hi Richard,
Other slight annoyances occuring when messing with bags/neck is
resonance or a change in the resistance to airflow.
Some bag/neck shapes give rise to top A and top B sounding flat at which
point the unsuspecting will start chopping or scraping reeds - BEWARE
Dave Singleton
Hi Anita,
not being a Grauniad reader I have to guess the BAE is BEE Arable
Entrepreneurs or some such biz
Dave Singleton
Anita Evans wrote:
We're in trouble - according to a letter in the Guardian newspaper,
BAE is 'racing to capture the domestic UK drones market'
Anita
Hi Anthony,
Windz 7 does not yet have sufficient drivers or debugging to be fully
stable, and it will take a while for the third parties to write the low
level drivers, when and if they get access to the system hooks.
I suggest you boot from a win xp non-install (boot sys cd) cd or linux
Yup -- that's the one
beat me to it -- I was still looking for Jul's
Thanks
Dave S
Dru Brooke-Taylor wrote:
Is the tune on these links it?
http://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feierwon
or
http://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:De_Feierwon.png
It's completely unfamiliar to me.
Dru
On 25 Nov
( confirmed dots supporter)
Dave S (
Anthony Robb wrote:
Dave
I did have one but the wheels fell off.
Anthony
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Subject: [NSP] schei greiss
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Monday, 2 November, 2009, 7
Wunnerbar eppes vun déi schéi sprooch vun hei ze léiesen
kriit's d'och schéi greiss vun Useldéng
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Responsorial ?
rosspi...@aol.com wrote:
Has anyone got the name of the musical form of the question and answer
type that is the basis for sea shanties and our local song 'Dolly Ah'
and more interestingly the two pipe tunes 'Lang Stayed Away' and
'Highland Laddie'(first two parts) in Peacock's
Thanks Tony,
Nice -- but watch out for the young ladies left wrist -- it's a prime
candidate for RSI
maybe a new fatter bag ???
regards
Dave
Anthony Robb wrote:
Here's a bit choyt for the bairns.
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOg93tdh0Ms
Anthony
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References
1.
Hi Julia,
here's one ---
[1]Tune Req: Ganglat Fran Mockfjard
Gaerdebylaaten appears in this book on the same page as another popular
Swedish Tune Aeppelbolaaten (Appelbolaten). I also have Nick Barber's
English Choice .
Julia Say wrote:
Can anyone tell me where the letters
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yup well said, both Colin and Philip
It does seem that the tension, verve and perspicacity have dwindled
somewhat, what we need is someone to put a bit of dino in the - list
again
ds
Philip Gruar wrote:
Well said colin (Hill, of course)
I have been reading this list (both lists)
Hi Ross,
Thanks very much for the thought !!
very useful
Dave Singleton
Ross Anderson wrote:
I've scanned Peacock and put it online at http://www.piob.info.
I worked from Francis Wood's copy, for the loan of which I'm very
grateful. I'm sure Google Books would have got round to it
to have two separate methodologies-- they both have a valid
raison d'etre both supply a much needed service and occasionally one or
the other crosses over and makes a splash
Vive la difference vive la musique
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I,m sure it's online somewhere Francis, but my question is who actually
learnt these tunes from the tradition --- ie from someone who learnt
them from someone whose knew someone who learnt from Peacock ? do we
have anyone -- if so could they please set up a master class
Dave S (Tongue
Is it really this dead after the what me mail ? or has a lurgy got settled
Dave S
Wayne Cripps wrote:
I should also add that the NSP mail list can no longer
transmit computer viruses.
Wayne
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I sincerely hope this is not meant to have the xenophobic overtones that
can be read between the lines --- there are many avid fans of NSP who
have no chance of getting to listen to the present interpretation of the
tradition -- they only have cd ,mp3, etc surely this is not tradition.
Jack
Francis -- how about neck oil for the many and gunpowder lapsong for the few
Dave
Francis Wood wrote:
Can anybody suggest a suitable oil to pour on these troubled waters?
Ideally, it should be capable of spreading evenly and fairly as well
as making the tone of everything seem much brighter.
oops
guarranttee or so
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to search for them --
Ciao
Dave S
Barry Say wrote:
I am writing a reply to Malcolm's message, but in the meantime, I have a
related question which I hope that readers of this list can help with.
The Northumbrian Smallpipes are unusual in that they have a very small bore
compared to other
THE VALUE OF A GOOD REED --- coupled with a good ear !!
have fun
Dave S
Gibbons, John wrote:
The survey may not tell Malcolm as much as he hopes.
As well as 'where are the holes?' we also need to know 'is the note
sharp or flat?'.
It's not just size that matters - internal shape does too
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